Bio-Diversity campaign

Bio-Diversity Campaign: Bio-Diversity Matters

The Institute is pleased to announce the launch of its Bio-Diversity Campaign which will be taking place throughout 2007 and 2008 and aims to bring Bio-Diversity back up the agenda. P> It will launch a special report, and undertake campaigning and international lobbying. The Stern Report showed that 40% of species will be extinct at the end of this century, representing the 5th Major Extinction of species of life on earth ever since the earth began, and all within one generation! This is not just immoral, its also dangerous as Bio- Diversity maintains the gass balance which allows us all to live on earth and provides a balance between Oxygen and carbon dio-oxide as important as other climate creating activities.

This entails an enormous Earthscale economic cost, and will damage eco-system services irreperably, already the Millenium Eco- system Assessment (2005) warned that 40 % of eco - systems services such as water, etc are being threatened.

The Institute also especially asserts the Intrinsic right for species to exist for themselves and for the other species that interact with them.

This campaign is well supported with Clive Hamilton, Oxford Universitys active wildlife specialist, John Stewart Chair of Transport 2000, Victor Anderson Senior Economist Sustainable Development Commission, Miriam Kennet, Director of the Green Economics Institute and Charles Secrett recent Chair Friends of the Earth International, and a rainforest campaigner.Yann Raineau Biologist from France, Soctrates, EU funded intern, all involved, as well as being fortunate to have Ron Bailey as an advisor to the campaign. We also have on advisory and editorial boards such specialists as Tony Juniper current head of Friends of the Earth International, and a specialist in the rare Spix's Macaw, and Pam Berry the world specialist on habitat migration in botany and Russel Seymour IUCN Rhino conservation member. We will be publishing a report, and campaigning and lobbying throughout the year. Please email for further details

• Biodiversity loss even worse than climate changeBiodiversity loss even more dangerous than climate change a new report argues
• Bee colony die back now costing a fortuneThe cost of bee colony die back disease is costing £200 million to the UK economy alone The cost of the current mass species extinction is set to cost 7 times that of climate change and climate chaos
• Synthetic breeding of bees by chemical companyBees in peril from large chemical companies breeding factory farmed bees!
• Natural world blogspotChris Roses natural world blogspot - we need to remember that the natural world is important to us and we need it for our own survival- we need to look after it- the best way is to learn about it so we respect it - and teach others about it
• Swine flu- could we do more to avoid these epidemics?Swine flu turns out to be a new hybrid of 5 swine flu genes, two avian flu genes and 1 human flu gene. The epicentre seems to be intensive animal husbandry. It has long been known that mistreatment of animals makes them ill as it does with humans, and this illness can spread to other species. The core of Green Economics is to provision for the needs of all people everywhere, nature and other species, and the planet and its systems-we are all bound up together. If we hurt other creatures -we end up hurting ourselves. If this virus does nothing else- it should serve as a warning to us to respect our fellow species and to treat them well at all times.This is at the heart of a green economy.
• Nuturing Bees in BerkshireEinstein said that if bees die out- humans will only last another 4 years
• On the trail of Ansell AdamsKevin Jones: The national Parks of the USA and Canada Latest photos Copywrited (c) Kevin Jones
• Fish trouble- what you can doNew report
• REDDS Papua New GuineaREDDS - The Green Economics Institute believes that there is no alternative but life style changes -and these are going to have to come from the more developed countries.
• IUCN Natures loss dwarfs credit crunch
• Bees and Biodiversity
• New Biotech 2008 Extreme TechnologyExtreme Techno fixes - wont solve the ecological problems
• Carving up the CongoSave the congo rainforest from loggers
• Brian GoodwinPatterns of complexity
• autumn leaves in BavariaNature
• IUCN Report 2007 Species extinctionIUCN
• IUCN Report 2007 Species extinctionIUCN
• Chinese River Dolphin species extinctionIUCN Official Species Extinction
• Dr Russel Seymour Expert on conservation biology